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Added 30 September 2026

march

/mɑːtʃ/ noun

In Latin: duco Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about march at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
A journey so walked.
A political rally or parade.

verb

To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
To cause someone to walk somewhere.
To go to war; to make military advances.

noun

A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.

verb

To have common borders or frontiers

Origin

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).

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